Subsequent legislation in 1949 the Rules of Childcare Centres further developed regulatory standards.

Creation of common international legal and technical standards.

2. Experts recommended that there should be complementarity between voluntary standards on EMS and regulatory measures.

Technical standards, including standards at the international level, are also being discussed (including definitional questions of technical and international standards, and how harmonization with international standards should be linked to the fulfilment of the objectives of VI.4).

It must be recognized that regulatory reform entails adjustment costs and necessitates regulatory capacity and institution building, technical assistance and capacity building in this regard.

In June 2003, ASEAN 3 agreed to harmonize financial policies and standards, regulatory systems and tax treatments.

Improved early warning systems regarding new technical, market, policy and regulatory developments are also needed.

Mr. J.A.A.K. PINTO de ABREU, Technical Director, Brasilian Association for Technical Standards, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Introduce media reform, e.g., internationally recognized professional journalistic standards, through regulatory practices and private engagement with media entities.

Establishing a realistic and effective regulatory environment may be an important complement to the promotion of EMS standards.

International and national regulatory and standards bodies have also taken up this issue and are now formulating and advising on minimum information security standards for international commercial partners.

However, the existing regulatory framework and standards might be inadequate to accommodate such a broad range of GPS applications.

Regulatory frameworks should ensure that minimum standards are in place to achieve network interoperability within countries and GII connectivity

To promote the use of professional and technical standards in cartography.

Private standards and technical regulations, set by major importers, supermarket chains, etc., will gain in importance, and will be more stringent than national or regional standards and technical regulations.

International standards, including technical standards and sanitary and phytosanitary standards, can also pose an additional challenge to developing countries with regard to accessing international markets.

Where there was a need for corporate standards and regulatory enforcement, it was the responsibility of the particular Governments to act.

It is charged with preparing and presenting an opinion on the regulatory standards that would ensure radiological protection and nuclear safety.

(c) The key importance in this respect of financial governance, including the quality of legal and regulatory systems, transparency, information, accounting standards, and performance standards across a range of private and public institutions.

Technical problems related to quality control and standards, grading, storage, packing, etc. need attention so as to upgrade Palestinian products to international standards.

Aware also of the changing technical, regulatory and commercial environment within which the development of radiocommunication services is taking place,

(1) to manufacture guns for civilian use at variance with the prescribed technical standards

EurepGAP has replaced or assimilated various regional, product group and retailer specific standards and has integrated regulatory requirements on HACCP, MRLs and traceability.

Its Forty Recommendations, originally issued in 1990 and revised in 2003, provide detailed technical standards.

The second dimension of the problem concerns the organizations' lack of a coherent technical assistance strategy and programme for enhancing the technical and regulatory capacities of public procurement agencies in the recipient countries.

The national report had further indicated that the enforcement of regulatory standards governing the quality of domestic and imported foods was essential to improving food safety.

To a considerable degree, they are intended to provide information according to the standards established by the accounting regulatory bodies and tax authorities of most countries.

IAEA had been invited to participate and to define specific cooperation mechanisms for developing technical safety standards.

Projects of technical cooperation and assistance shall take the standards contained in the Declaration fully into account.

Moreover, importing countries may not comply with the principle of national treatment when technical standards are applied.

Such negotiations tend to result in deeper market access and higher regulatory standards than negotiations at the multilateral level, and therefore could have implications for developing countries.

At the same time, e commerce is acting as a force towards creating genuine international markets by exposing price discrimination and trade limiting regulatory measures and standards.

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We are also applying higher technical standards and specifications for vehicles to ensure their safety and operating condition.

It was important to establish regulatory standards and procedures against which activity on the part of individuals or companies could be measured to determine if they were illegal.

(a) Inviting the media, media associations and regulatory bodies to consider measures to inform the public, raise public awareness, develop standards and guidelines and regulate the violence depicted

436. It must also be pointed out that in 1980 Tunisia acceded to the agreement on the technical barriers to trade (Standards Code) and opted for harmonization of standards at the international level in order to encourage the reciprocal recognition of national certification systems and prevent the use of standards as a technical barrier to international trade.

Borrowers and lenders can resort to cross border financial flows to evade domestic controls and erode the integrity of regulatory standards at home. To prevent such regulatory arbitrage, domestic regulators may be forced to take measures against financial transactions originating from jurisdictions with more lax regulations.

(c) Providing advisory services and other technical assistance on request, organizing technical seminars and workshops, and promoting the formulation, adoption, adaptation and implementation of international and regional statistical standards

(e) Regional and bilateral obligations and other applicable standards should also be considered in the provision of technical assistance

(e) Regional and bilateral obligations and other applicable standards should also be considered in the provision of technical assistance

All ILO technical assistance programmes are implemented within the framework of relevant ILO standards, in particular Convention No. 169.

(a) Inviting the media, media associations and regulatory bodies to consider measures that would inform the public, raise public awareness, develop standards and guidelines, and regulate the violence depicted

Issues relating to the consequences of this work on national regulatory frameworks and standards could be presented to the Commission at a future session for consideration and possible recommendations.